Category Archives: News

I am often asked to speak at schools, but many booksellers, educators, and students have been surprised to realize that when I do, I barely talk about my books at all. That’s because I believe that there are reading groups, … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot of discussion about your recent addition to Amazon of an app that people can use to scan items in stores – items which they are then asked to purchase from Amazon instead of at their local … Continue reading →

Ebooks are rapidly becoming as ubiquitous a format as print for book reading; a trend I am embracing with my ebook releases of Drawing out the Dragons, The Unusual Motion of Strange Beasts, and MythWorld Book One: The Festival of … Continue reading →

…is Magic that can be shared. At a few minutes to Midnight – which is when all the best kind of Magic happens – I announced a new project, one which a lot of people have been waiting for. Please, … Continue reading →

I’m writing this piece to inform everyone who bought MythWorld Book One: The Festival Of Bones in the last twenty-four hours that you are now the owners of a collector’s item – because the vesion that was first released is … Continue reading →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS author James A. Owen launches a new Urban Fantasy series – as ebooks June 23, 2011 – Silvertown, Arizona – The shifting landscape of publishing is something that should be embraced, not feared, … Continue reading →

I’ve had the great pleasure of working with Catherynne M. Valente (who is currently taking over the publishing world via a Ship of her own making) twice: first, illustrating her story “The Ballad of the Sinister Mr. Mouth” for the … Continue reading →

Mythologies are huge, sweeping things. And the grandest stories are those with the widest arcs of triumph and despair. As much as we may want to, we may not be able to avoid the despair – but triumph is a … Continue reading →